Bernice Ficek – Swenson
Ç ¸íùóç ÅëëÞíùí ×áñáêôþí èá ðáñïõóéÜóåé óôïí Ôå÷íï÷þñï áðü 31 Ïêôùâñßïõ Ýùò 11 Íïåìâñßïõ 2006, ôçí Ýêèåóç ôçò Áìåñéêáíßäáò ÷áñÜêôñéáò Bernice Ficek – Swenson, ìå ôßôëï «Of Fire And Stone» («Ôçò öùôéÜò êáé ôçò ÐÝôñáò»).
Ç Ýêèåóç åßíáé ÷ùñéóìÝíç óå ôñåéò åíüôçôåò. “Putting Out Ashes”, “Vessels and Vestiges” êáé “Pyre”.
ÖùôïãñáöéêÝò åíüôçôåò ðïõ Üñ÷éóå íá ôéò äïõëåýåé áðü ôï 1999 ìå óêçíïèåôçìÝíåò íåêñÝò öýóåéò áðü õëéêÜ üðùò âüôóáëá, öùôéÜ óôÜ÷ôåò, ïóôÜ ê.á. öïñôéóìÝíá áðü èñçóêåõôéêïýò, êïéíùíéïëïãéêïýò Þ ðíåõìáôéêïýò óõìâïëéóìïýò.
Ïé åéêüíåò ôçò, åßíáé ãåùìåôñéêÝò óõíèÝóåéò, üðïõ ìÝóá áðü ôçí éäéáßôåñç ôïðïèÝôçóç ôùí áíôéêåéìÝíùí, ôçí ðñïóåêôéêÞ ÷ñÞóç ôçò áíôßèåóçò ôïõ Üóðñïõ - ìáýñïõ êáé ôçò åéêüíáò ôçò öùôéÜò, óôïé÷åßï ðïõ õðÜñ÷åé óå üëåò ó÷åäüí ôéò óõíèÝóåéò ôçò, ðáñáðÝìðåé óå Ýííïéåò áöçñçìÝíåò üðùò ãÝííçóç, æùÞ, èÜíáôïò êáé óåîïõáëéêüôçôá, èÝìáôá ðïõ áðáó÷ïëïýí óõóôçìáôéêÜ ôçí Swenson.
Ç ÷áñáêôéêÞ ôçò, âáóßæåôáé óôçí ôå÷íéêÞ ôçò öùôïãêñáâïýñáò, ôå÷íéêÞò ôïõ 19ïõ áéþíá, üðïõ ìéá öùôïãñáößá ôõðþíåôáé ìå ôçí ôå÷íéêÞ ôçò ÷áëêïãñáößáò. Áõôü ðñïóäßäåé óôçí ÷áñáêôéêÞ ôá ðëåïíåêôÞìáôá ôçò öùôïãñáöéêÞò áðåéêüíéóçò, ôçò ôïíéêüôçôáò ìéáò ÷áëêïãñáößáò êáé ôçí åõáéóèçóßá ôçò áðïôýðùóçò ðÜíù óôï ÷áñáêôéêü ÷áñôß. Ìå ôçí ôå÷íéêÞ áõôÞ äïýëåõå êáé ï êáëëéôÝ÷íçò öùôïãñÜöïò, Alfred Stieglitz.
ÄïõëåéÜ ôçò Ý÷åé ðáñïõóéÜóåé óå äåêÜäåò ïìáäéêÝò åêèÝóåéò, üðùò óôï Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Plains Art Museum óôï Fargo, Common Wealth Gallery óôï Madison ê.á. åíþ Ý÷åé ðñáãìáôïðïéÞóåé áôïìéêÝò åêèÝóåéò óôçí Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, óôçí Anchor Graphics Gallery, Chicago, ILL, óôçí Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN êáé óôçí A. I. R. Gallery, NYC, åíþ óôçí ÅëëÜäá ðáñïõóéÜæåôáé ãéá ðñþôç öïñÜ.
Ãéá ôçí ÷áñáêôéêÞ ôçò ãßíåôáé áíáöïñÜ êáé óôá âéâëßá “The Polaroid Book”, Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge, A, Taschen Pub.,"Printmaking In the Sun", Dan Weldon & Pauline Muir, Watson-Guptil, chapter on photogravure, The Best of Printmaking: An International Collection" , Rockport Publisher's, åíþ Ýñãá ôçò âñßóêïíôáé óôéò óõëëïãÝò ôùí:
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Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
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Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
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Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
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Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
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Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
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Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Photography Collection, Minneapolis, MN
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North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
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Piper, Jaffray, Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
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Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge, MA
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Renaissance Press, Hinsdale, NH
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Southern Graphics Council Archives, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
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Traffic Zone Press, St. Paul, MN
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Univeristy Of Wisconsin – Green Bay
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US Bank, Minneapolis, MN
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Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, Brunswick, New Jersey
Ôá åãêáßíéá ôçò Ýêèåóçò èá ðñáãìáôïðïéçèïýí ôç Ôñßôç 31 Ïêôùâñßïõ 2006 óôéò 19.30 ðáñïõóßá ôçò êáëëéôÝ÷íéäáò.
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